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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL

800 AM EDT MON AUG 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TALLAHASSEE HAS ISSUED A



* FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN FLORIDA

  THIS INCLUDES MONTICELLO

  LEON COUNTY IN FLORIDA

  THIS INCLUDES TALLAHASSEE

  WAKULLA COUNTY IN FLORIDA

  THIS INCLUDES CRAWFORDVILLE



* UNTIL 1100 AM EDT...



* AT 800 AM EDT (700 AM CDT)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER

  RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE TROPICAL SPIRAL BANDS

  PUSHING INLAND FROM APALACHICOLA...TO CRAWFORDVILLE...TO

  TALLAHASSEE TO MONTICELLO. RAIN AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO AN INCH 

  TO NEARLY 2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN INDICATED. THE HEAVY RAIN    

  WILL CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT 3 HOURS...AND POSSIBLY THROUGH

  NOON MONDAY. SINCE MIDNIGHT...RAINFALL REPORTED IN THE TALLAHASSEE

  WAS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. RESIDENTS ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD

  MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY.



* EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING

  OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES.

  ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS

  OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT

  TO FLOODING.



* DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE

  ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO

  CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED

  QUICKLY. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF FLOWING WATER TO SWEEP MOST

  CARS AWAY. REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.



* RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR FLOOD CONDITIONS

  AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOOD WATERS

  THREATEN. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY MOVE TO

  HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



LAT...LON 3018 8452 3014 8403 3062 8374 3044 8451



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